“There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” —Leonard Cohen As a human community, we are beginning to experience light energy through our hearts as the physical expression of love. To truly know our essence, we must become aware that we are each the source of this energy that flows through us—also referred to as light, God, higher power, universal energy, or divine intelligence. The idea of God as the source of all that we are and will come to be, while often difficult to imagine, is an acknowledgment of light and love in ourselves and the world. Ultimately, light energy expressed through our hearts radiates unconditional … [Read more...]
Speak from Your Heart and Enhance Your Relationships Using Compassionate Communication
“There are two types of language in the world: the language of the intellect and the language of the heart.” —Amma Compassionate communication is exchanging divine energy with another. It connects us, heart and soul, and aligns our hearts with others. It promotes a deepening of trust and heightens intimacy with ourselves and in our relationships. The language most universally shared is that of the heart, through which it takes only the love-light in our eyes or the elevated vibration of our voice to create a soulful connection with someone. The primary element in compassionate communication is our divine presence. When we are truly … [Read more...]
Inviting in Love and Connection During Difficult Times
“You have to love yourself because no amount of love from others is enough to fill the yearning that your soul requires from you.” ~ Dodinsky Inviting love into our lives allows us to experience our sacred connection to others and to humanity as a whole. When we are born, we temporarily forget our divine magnificence; consequently, we spend much of our lives trying to remember who we are. Before we uncover that remembrance, we spend much of our time and energy seeking out the inner connection which we crave on a soul level without even really understanding why. In other words, even before we remember what love really is, and where it comes … [Read more...]
Reclaim Your Power & Peace through Forgiveness
Forgiveness renews connection, enhances our compassion, and allows us to create a clean slate so we can begin anew. For instance, it allows us to remain engaged in positive interactions with others despite emotional injury. This sustains unconditional love and connectedness with others which engenders positive health benefits. Such positive interactions require forgiveness if we wish to sustain loving connected relationships or at least avoid desolation or loneliness. Forgiveness also promotes well-being because it is associated with the ability to regulate and release our negative emotions. Through forgiveness, we can clear any negative … [Read more...]
The Power of Practicing Compassionate Detachment in Negative Situations
Practicing compassionate detachment increases our ability to infuse difficult situations with positive energy―and ultimately, to transform them. In choosing to respond rather than react, we can diffuse a negative situation and create a neutral space in which the other person doesn’t have anything to come up against. Without something to react to, they are more likely to calm down and even become aware of their own reaction. Providing them with a mirror of love in which to see themselves helps them gain awareness of their behaviors. Thus, holding them accountable for their actions actually opens the possibility for unconditionally loving … [Read more...]
How to Make Enlightened Choices That Align with Your Heart
Break free of your fear by making enlightened choices that align with your heart and not your head. Such enlightened choices, however challenging, will get you moving toward creating your dreams. Several months ago when I was visiting a friend in NC, I took a stroll on the beach with the intent of beachcombing. My friend desired a sand dollar to place in a healing fishing net she was creating. I, on the other hand, wanted a sand dollar to support my intention of abundance. While beachcombing with these requests to the universe, I sorted through a myriad of shells. Each time, I picked up a shell, I examined it, and decided if it resonated … [Read more...]
Autumn: A Time of Transformation
“Oh God, make me an autumn tree if I must die.” – Esther Popel Autumn is a time of personal transformation. It is a season of permanence and change where we find the inner reserves of strength to change as well. To do this, we have to take the time to go within. Once we realize what’s up for change, we can move through this regenerative clearing process as a part of our spiritual development. Autumn is my favorite time of the year. And as much as I love the cooler weather, the changing colors of the trees, and harvesting apples and pumpkins, it’s the transformational part I love the most. As I looked out my front window this week, I was … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Take Precious Care of Yourself
Precious self-care requires us to nurture ourselves with all the kindness and love we would shower on someone we cherish. Too often, we set aside our own needs while caring for others, or put off self-care in favor of the endless to-do lists, career obligations, and other distractions in our lives. However, disregarding our needs to focus on activities we consider more important takes a toll on us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It triggers such mind-sets as “I should be doing things for others right now, not wasting time on myself.” Putting off self-care may seem noble and selfless—until we become stressed, exhausted, or ill, and … [Read more...]
Releasing Old Patterns and Creating a New Legacy of Love
There it was again, the lump in my throat. I felt it every time I called or texted my son. And here it was showing up on the day when Tom’s baby, my first grandchild was being born. How long had I had this sign that there was an energy block? How long had I been carrying this weight on my heart? How long had I been unforgiving of myself? Sixteen years almost to the day…the day when I told my son that I was leaving his stepfather and the second time I was putting him through a divorce. Tom was two years old when his father and I divorced. So he didn’t grow up experiencing his parents being together. But at sixteen, he would remember all of … [Read more...]
10 Affirmations to Shift Your Vibration
Affirmations can help you elevate your vibration to a higher level especially when you feel lower vibrational emotions such as fear, despair, doubt, or powerlessness. These 10 affirmations will help elevate your vibrational frequency to that of the energy of love, where well-being is sustained. As you move through your day, notice any negative, self-deprecating, or limiting thoughts, and replace them with the following affirmations to open your heart and shift your vibration. I trust that I am the co-creator of my life. I embody all that is kind, compassionate, and loving. I am whole and complete love and channel this energy on … [Read more...]
